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Maebong church
Jesus Abbey was founded in 1965 by Father Dae chon-dok (Reuben Archer
Torrey Ⅲ) ’s family, students from St. Michael’s Seminary, Hangdong
church members and brothers and sisters who worked together as
construction workers. They founded Jesus Abbey for three reasons. Birthplace of
The first is to lead a life of labor and prayer. The second is to establish Yu Gwan-sun
a personal relationship with God, a relationship between believers,
and a proper relationship between the Christian community and
society, which can be described as ‘Koinonia’. The Maebong Church was founded in 1901 by
The third is to faithfully fulfill the role given to the guidance of the Evangelist Park Hae-sook. After the Japan-Korea
Holy Spirit. The lives they pursue are expressed in the following text. Treaty was signed in 1905, it was discovered that
“Labor is praying, and praying is labor.” the church helped the righteous armies, and it was Yu Gwan-sun
eventually destroyed in fire. However, the church
did not give in to Japan and worked for rural
enlightenment, breaking of superstition, illiteracy,
The basic routine at Jesus Abbey
and independence movements.
is “Labor is praying,
In 1907, the chapel was burned for the second time,
and praying is labor.”
but on April 1, 1919, many church members led the
independence movement at Byeongcheon Aunae “It is a church that produced
Market. In response, the Japanese colonial rule
Monument of Father Dae Chon-dok martyr Yu Gwan-sun and
banned the assembly and set a fire to the chapel led the Aunae Market Manse
again. The church was established with the help Movement during the March
of Ewha Girls’ High School alumni association in 1 Independence Movement,
1967, and the current church was newly built with and carries an important
the fundraising of the Southern Annual Conference meaning not only in Korean
of the Korean Methodist Church in 1998. Next to Christian history but also in
Maebong Church is the birthplace of martyr Yu modern Korean history.”
Gwan-sun.

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